Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-27


Jeweler, saw DR.. Harlan on the
Wednesday preceding the murder al
s o'clock in the morning at his store
He then wore solitary" diamond, a
little over one karat, which witness
had made for him, and u gold watch.
The diamond contained very small
flaw, not perceptible to the naked eye.
1t was worth $lS5. The Doctor wanted
to trade the watch for another. His
was gold Tiffany watch. Wit
ness paid no attention to the cham,
Watch shown witness, who Identities
it, Harlan wore his ring on the lit
tie finger of his left hand. He usu-
ally wore a light colored broad brlm-
med hat and grey suit of clothes.
Harlan had light colored NOUS
tache, but no whiskers.
A. s. JosEPHs,
jPawnbroker OF II North spring street,
had known Harlan one year and a
half. He was about 5 feet Z, weight
about 145, age 33 or "a, light COM
plexion, auburn hair. Had seen de-
ceased with "stove pipe" hat and
also with a broad -brimmed hat. Saw
the Doctor with gold watch and
chain some time before his alleged
death, either the Saturday preceding
the first of this month or the Saturday
before that. The witness had seen u
watch similar to the one shown him
in court in possession of DR.. Harlan
on the 4th or 5th of this month in the
forenoon. He also had chain SINH
lar to the one attached to the watch.
He had single stone diamond ring.
Witness did not pay any attention as
to whether Harlan wore it that day or
not. The diamond contained n little
!, flaw. 1t was worth from $l75 to 5000.
He wore it on the little finger of the
left hand.
f. c. MONROE
Knew G.. N. Harlan about one year
and half. Witness described de-
ceased and his jewelry. His evidence
did not bring out anything new.
S. G. MCCONNELL,
The merchant tailor of No. 115 North
Spring street, made two suits for DR..
Harlan, one dark and the other light.
The dark one was made in the latter
part of April and the light one in
May. The dark one had red silk
thread running through it-a red
check. The vest was similar. The
witness identified the remains OF the.
clothing as having been made in his
establishment and having belonged to
Harlan).
G. 5. DE GARM0,
Proprietor of the Brunswick saloon,
testified to knowing Harlan for the
last two years. Saw him the last
time on the Monday or Tuesday be-
fore his disappearance, at the Bruins
wick. Witness described Harlan's
appearance and his jewelry. Being
shown the watch, he said that that
was not the watch Harlan usually
wore, though he had it with him on
the Sunday preceding his alleged
death.
A recess was then taken till 2 P. NJ.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session there were,
as on the previous afternoon, quite a
number of ladies present, although
the accommodation, except to the
favored few admitted within the bar,
is wretched. The part of the Court
room devoted to the public was as full
as it could be, the majority Of the
people standing up and craning their
necks painfully to see the defendant
and her sister.
DR ". IL. BIRD.
| reside in Los Angeles. Have re-
sided her three years. | am dentist
in partnership with DR.. Palmer. My
office is at % South Spring street. |
have known DIR. Harlan for the last
three years. (rhe witness described
Harlans appearance, clothing and
iewelrv. The description is not
materially different from that given
by the preceding witnesses). | did
some dental work for him ON Monday
the Sd of October / put soft cement
filling in one of his left upper molars.
l also prepared one OF the front lower
teeth in readiness to be filled. | put
gold filling in the first upper molar
and one in the first lower molar on the
right side. That was a year ago. |
saw the work done by me at Compton,
when l examined the teeth in the
jaw of some human remains in the
presence of Detective Brady, DIR. Shinn
and Justice Leonard. (The witness
here described DR.. Harlan's system of
teeth as he had observed it duriag his
examination after putting in the fill
ing) / am just as prepared to say
that the teeth | saw at Compton were
DR.. Harlans' as l would be willing to
say that am speaking to the Doctor
were he now here present and | ad-
dressing him.
Cross examined: Brady and Shinn
did the digging at the Compton ex-
humation. The jaw was removed and
| delivered it to the Chief OF Police
who has it now.
Redirect. The two front upper teeth
were little separated, the upper teeth
generally were somewhat projecting.
(Jaw produced and shown witness).
This is what remains of the lower jaw
of DIR. Harlan. The work that spoke
of is here (pointing) The natural
position of Harlan's teeth was that the
upper ones projected over the lower.
sEMtsENsATIoN.
The next witness caused somewhat
of a sensation. 1t was Mrs. Harlan,
the widow of the dead man. She is a
slim, well-built young lady, whose
features were closely hidden by a
heavy veil. She was not in mourning.
Mrs. Harlan was escorted by an aged
lady who sat close beside her while
she testified. The moment Mrs. Har-
Ian entered the courtroom Hattie
Woolsteen covered her eyes with her
pocket handkerchief and did not re-
move il until the wife OF the murdered
dentist had disappeared.
MRS. MARY HARLAN.
am the widow OF DR.. C.. N. Harlan.
| L IL. loat1.,. lnct tho auaniIilr